Zeeman28a

I'm all about promoting safety. Some guy standing on a corner holding a clipboard is NOT promoting safety.

You want to promote safety, have the cops stand on the corners, visible for everyone to see. Then we'll have lower number of accidents, texters and speeders. This works.

slickpete83

so if he goes to court and the judge dismiss the charges , who will pay for his 7 day impound fee ???

also do u think having a dash cam that also display speed would of helped him

briankeery

Are you suggesting a cop on every corner? Common sense and good driving practices need to be the accepted norm when you get behind the wheel. I try to be a realist and know that people will speed, drink and drive, talk or text and drive, etc. I commute 180km each way to work four nights a week and see all kinds of moronic behaviour....a lot of which is in plain sight of law enforcement. There is a time and place for letting our cars stretch their legs....not so sure city streets in the middle of the day qualifies. You guys need to get over the speed factor as the stunt charge....as Greg clearly showed the charge can be laid without speeding.

squalo3

I think the word we're looking for here is "proactive" not "entrapment".
Has our society gotten to the point of putting plain clothes officers, with clipboards, to do traffic enforcement?
We should be embarrased to even resort to such tactics.

walleyejack

Absolutley it is about entrapment. if the guy had just kept on motoring, and played "I didn t hear you, was playing tunes" the cop would be still running after him, if they ever caught him.

Zeeman28a

Yeah I wasn't being literal, a cop on every corner. But if the cops spent much less time being an invisible force, hiding in cars that look like cabs, or in unmarked mini-vans and suv's, hiding behind bushes and trees and whatnot, and more time being a visible force, there would be less speeders or texters on the road.

We could also do better driver training. Not just driver training by those fly by night, just got into the country and got my license outfits, but real driver training. Now, if we could only get the same from pedestrians and cyclists.

freedomfighter69

They should designate the 407 lanes to hi way cruisers once a week.,that would solve everything ,, 3 hours a week,

TGstring

worst "let's make an example out of him" i've seen in a long time.

they didn't mention or show any laser/radar accompanied by the clipboard cop at all, but we don't know if there's a lot more to it.

that cop is known for being somewhat of a in York Region anyway.

I don't like it when people yell when dealing with strangers.

Very odd nonetheless.

I've read some really good comments here and wish we had a "Thanks" or "Like" button.

Zeeman28a

The vBulletin board software does support the Like This Post feature, they just don't have it enabled.